STATUTORY FUNCTIONS

  8.  The Commission has three main functions under the National Audit Act 1983:

—  to examine the Estimates for the National Audit Office (NAO) proposed by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) and to lay them before the House with such modifications as it thinks fit;

—  to appoint the accounting officer for the NAO; and

—  to appoint an auditor for the NAO.